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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1914
Page
6
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a harmless laxative for children and adults, urging a dose for constipation and praising its inside cleansing. The page also features jumbled humorous anecdotes about honesty and domestic life, including a quip about Auntie Martha and a joke about a wife naming her husband.
A letter touts Grape-Nuts from a Troy woman who says daily use cured bilious headaches and indigestion, improved sleep, and reduced nerves and fatigue. She details years of illness, a start after trying Grape-Nuts, and a strong recommendation to others, with notes about Postum Co. and The Road to Wellville.
This sermon contrasts mercy with legalism in Luke 13 10 17 and 14 1 6. Jesus heals a bent woman in the synagogue showing compassion over ceremony while rebuking the rulers for their lack of mercy. It argues the Sabbath exists for human rest and spiritual fellowship with God, not to burden or harm people.
A mix of old classified style copy begins with Pape's Diapep sin praised as a fast harmless indigestion cure with broad claims and universal fame. The column shifts to brief observational humor about a gym, a liar detector breath test, subway insults, radium risks, rubber armor by the British Admiralty, and jokes about marriage and tango protests.
A Chicago husband faced a court ruling that he could not strike his wife over her snoring, illustrating a broader claim that liberty is constantly curbed by the law. In a lighter aside, a father asks his son if Edison made the first talking machine, and the reply notes the Lord made the first talking machine, but Edison built the shutoff version.
Old time advertisement touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a natural, undetectable darkener for gray hair and a cure for dandruff and shedding. Instructions claim a sponge application yields darker, thicker, glossy hair by morning with repeat use. Also promotes Doctor Pierce’s Pellets as a constipation cure and offers quips on self-perception and merit.
A Forsyth Davie and Iredell conference at the Forsyth courthouse approved a central highway plan. Route starts at Guilford line, passes Kernersville Winston-Salem and Davie, to Yadkin river, via Farmington Mcks ville Callahan County line to Statesville and Buffalo Shoals bridge. Total lengths Forsyth 26, Davie 27, Iredell 26 miles. New road to be sand clay, uniform 30 feet, with drains. Governor Craig praised the plan.
The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners directed the roads superintendent to open and construct the National Highway section from McClure crossing at Harrisburg to the Mecklenburg line per the February survey. The project ends years of dispute with a goal to begin work soon.
William E. Corey, a Pittsburgh steel magnate, extolled California wines as superior to French wines at similar prices while a young banker countered. A Paris gourmet skeptic cited a Margaux 1895 grand cru, noting its age is well concealed, prompting Corey's wry reply.
A Wilkes Barre man proud of his rise exams his nephew at graduation asking what he learned. The youth replies Greek Latin German and algebra. The uncle comments that algebra is for potatoes, a humorous quip reflecting class pride.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches. A 10 cent box will cleanse the stomach liver and bowels, ending gloom and distress and bringing health happiness and a clear head for months. Children also need cleansing, all stores sell Cascarets.
A witty exchange between a young mother and a bachelor friend about why a baby cries. The mother rejects teeth and hair as causes, while the friend jokes about teething and hair growth as the source of pain.
An old advertisement urges careful examination of every bottle of Castoria for infants and children, claiming a trusted remedy in use for over 30 years and noting that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A fragmentary collection of quotes from readers and notices mentions a shooting affray with a husband described as half dead, a malaria cure claim for Elixir Babek, and an advertisement from Kloczewski & Co. offering Elixir Babek at 50 cents. The Baltimore American notes a jockey beating a record, questioning the use of a whip.
Mrs. Mattie Haley of Danville Virginia testifies that spending ten dollars on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills cured her female troubles. She notes better sleep, no bearing down pains, and renewed health, and urges others to try the remedy. The ad touts the product as a forty year proven tonic and invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn MA for confidential advice.
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